Lately I’ve been watching The Sing Off, it’s like American Idol with a capella groups. (Yes, too much time in my hands). Some weeks ago the group Kinfolk 9 left the competiton. Kinfolk 9 is a groups of solo artists testing out a capella for the first time. They all sound individually amazing, not quite as well when together.
Upon leaving they had to sing a swan song and I’ve been haunted by their farewell for the past weeks. In my opinion their farewell song was flawless.
Isn’t't it?
I liked it because it’s exactly what a loss by a group of very talented singers should look like: it was a showcase of talent.
Every person in this earth will someday lose or miss out on something. If you are lucky enough your wins will outweigh your losses. Even then, learning how to lose is as important as being able to succeed.
Here’s how this a capella group lost well:
- They didn’t almost cry because they missed their one shot.
- They celebrate because they believe in their talents, they believe in their music and they know it’s not the end.
- They sing gladly and confidently because they want us to know they’ll be back.
- They celebrate the opportunity The Sing Off was.
- They celebrate getting to showcase their music to the world.
- They celebrate being one step further on the road.
- They celebrate because the world is watching them do what they do best and love. A girl in the Dominican is blogging about them and you are reading.
If you believe in what you do enough to know that losing once (or twice, or thrice, or seventy-seven times) is not the end, you’ve got reason enough to celebrate.
And that, friends, is how you go out in style.
